Although recent years have witnessed the histories of crime and of
women become two major areas of historical research, this
collection of essays is the first attempt to synthesize such
studies for the early modern period. The volume focuses on the
nature and extent of women's criminal activity and how the legal
system and society perceived women and crime between the late
sixteenth and early eighteenth centuries. Drawing together current
research the essays illuminate various aspects of the lives of
ordinary women: how they interacted with each other and in the
community generally; the ways in which they participated in the
formal legal process; the treatment they received at the hands of
the judiciary and justices of the peace; ways in which "deviant"
women perceived themselves and how they were viewed by
contemporaries. Each essay in turn poses a challenge to accepted
notions of the relationship between women and the courts. This book
is intended for undergraduate courses: Early modern British
history, women's history, specials on witchcraft, punishment and
crime. Women's studies.
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